Software Quotes

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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build. — Bjarne Stroustrup
At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software… — Tony Hoare
It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book… — Bruce Tognazzini
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter
Wit and puns aren't just decor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the… — Adam Gopnik
You are in big trouble when you start writing software to impress girls. — Bruce Ellis
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. — Alan Kay
The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries. — Marshall McLuhan
What is very little understood about the electronic age is that it angelizes man, disembodies him. Turns him into software. — Marshall McLuhan
Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, youâ€™re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our… — Sergey Brin
Our goal in making these changes is to enable Microsoft to achieve greater agility in managing the incredible growth ahead and executing our software-based services… — Steve Ballmer
We'll get a chance to go through this [Apple versus Microsoft debate] again in phones and music players. There's no chance that the iPhone is… — Steve Ballmer
Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be… — Shigeru Miyamoto
A little retrospection shows that although many fine, useful software systems have been designed by committees and built as part of multipart projects, those software… — Fred Brooks
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it. — Aaron Levie
Here's the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a… — Cliff Bleszinski
Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. — Marc Andreessen
Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national… — Marc Andreessen
Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon — Marc Andreessen
Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in… — Marc Andreessen

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